Stars and telescopes; a hand-book of popular astronomy, founded on the 9th ed. of Lynn's Celestial motions (1899)
Todd, David P. (David Peck), 1855-1939, Lynn, William Thynne, 1835-1911. Celestial motions · Boston, Little, Brown and company · leaf 244
pendentlyby Caroline Herschel atSlough in 1795, and byThulis at Marseilles in1805, it was each timesupposed to be a differentbody. Pons, the first tosee it in November 1818,also imagined that it wasa new comet; but at thatreturn Encke (who alwayscalled it Ponss comet) showed that it was moving inan… … CAROLINE HERSCHEL(1750-1848) 190 Stars and Telescopes Wales; and it has been seen at every subsequentreturn, passing perihelion on the last occasion in May1898. Its next return is due in the summer of 1901.Of all the periodic comets, Enckes approachesnearest the Sun. When in perihelion, it is very…
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